CentOS ProjectCESA-2020:1135polkit security update
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.0%
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2020:1135
The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.
Security Fix(es):
- polkit: Improper authorization in polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd (CVE-2018-1116)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2020-April/032636.html
Affected packages:
polkit
polkit-devel
polkit-docs
Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1135
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | 7 | i686 | polkit | <Â 0.112-26.el7 | polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | polkit | <Â 0.112-26.el7 | polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | i686 | polkit-devel | <Â 0.112-26.el7 | polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | polkit-devel | <Â 0.112-26.el7 | polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | noarch | polkit-docs | <Â 0.112-26.el7 | polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm |
Related
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.0%